Manish Bhardwaj, Vadodara Municipal Commissioner, Satish Sharma, city police commissioner and city Mayor Bharat Shah and other senior officials have rushed to the site.

"Rescue and relief operations are in full swing.However, it is difficult to tell the exact number of people trapped under the debris. A few people, including a minor girl, have been rescued from the site so far," Vadodara mayor Bharat Shah said.

Talking to PTI, he said, "I was admitted to hospital and soon after learning about this mishap, I am on my way to the site.

According to Tapariya, about 13 to 14 families were staying there.

Two seven-storey residential buildings collapsed in Atladara area in Vadodara district of Gujarat. (Photo credict: TV grab)

While several people are believed to be still trapped under the rubble. The rescue operations are going on in full swing.

Army and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have arrived to assist the fire brigade in the rescue work.

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi consoled the death of people while asking the state authorities to conduct the rescue operations to bring out all those trapped inside. He announced compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of the dead and also ordered constitution of an enquiry commission to probe the incident, officials said.

He also asked the state finance minister Nitin Patel to rush at the spot for monitoring rescue operation launched by Vadodara municipal corporation and national disaster relief force.

Chief minister also announced a relief of Rs two lakh for the kin of the deceased and said an inquiry commission will probe the incident.

"10 persons have been brought out and they recieved some injuries while five dead bodies have also been removed so far," said an official from Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC).

Built for the economically weaker sections by the Vadodara Urban Development Authority (VUDA), the buildings were in dilapidated conditions and locals blamed the poor construction and no maintenance by the authorities.

"We had drawn the attention of authorities like VUDA about the buildings but they paid no heed and now both buildings collapsed as we had feared," local residents told local channels.